What happened to the Twelve Disciples after the Resurrection of Jesus
1. Simon Peter
a. Biblical Information
Preached sermon on Day of Pentecost
Healed lame man at gate of temple
Withstood persecution of Sanhedrin
Rebuked Ananias and Sapphira and Simon Magus
Raised Dorcas from the dead
Preached gospel to Cornelius
Miraculously delivered from prison
Rebuked by Paul at Antioch
Wrote two New Testament epistles
b. Traditional Information
Late traditions speak of visits to Britain and Gaul
Was crucified upside-down in Rome during Neronian persecution
(AD. 64—68)
2. Andrew
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Is supposed to have preached in Scythia, Asia Minor, and Greece
Was crucified at Patras in Achaia
3. JAMES SON OF ZEBEDEE
a. Biblical Information
Was executed by Herod Agrippa I
4. John
a. Biblical Information
Participated in healing of lame man at temple
Followed up Philip’s work in Samaria
Was exiled late in life on island of Patmos
Wrote Gospel, three epistles, and Revelation
b. Traditional Information
Ministered at Ephesus
Is said to have rebuked early Gnostic Cerinthus
Died a natural death in Ephesus AD. 100
5. Philip
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Is said to have been crucified in Hierapolls in Asia Minor
6. Matthew
a. Biblical Information
Wrote Gospel that bears his name
b. Traditional Information
Conflicting traditions place him in Ethiopia, Parthia, Persia, and Macedonia
7. Thomas
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Supposedly preached in Babylon
Strong early tradition tells of his founding churches and eventually being martyred in India
8. Bartholomew
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Is supposed to have accompanied Philip to Hierapolis
Was martyred after ministry in Armenia
9. James, Son of Alphaeus
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Has been persistently confused with James the brother of Jesus in early church tradition
Possibly ministered in Syria
10. Thaddaeus
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Has often been confused with Jude the brother of Jesus
Tradition associates his ministry with Edessa
11. Simon the Zealot
a. Biblical Information
Nil
b. Traditional Information
Variously (and dubiously) associated with Persia, Egypt, Carthage, and Britain
12. Judas Iscariot
a. Biblical Information
Hanged himself after betraying Jesus
Above information are taken from the book “Chronological and Background Charts of Church History,” by Robert C. Walton. It was published by Zondervan in 1986.